While most attention is focused on the demonstration in Ukraine, a recent report by the respected International Commission of Jurists [ICJ] casts light on alarming trend of disbarments and suspensions of lawyers. The report casts light on a conflict in the legal profession, which has led to apparently arbitrary disciplinary action against a significant number of lawyers. The report reveals the escalating dispute in the legal profession following the implementation of a new law, signed by the President on 5 July 2012, which significantly changed the organization of the profession and provides for the establishment of a new bar association. The law,
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Alarming disbarments and suspensions of lawyers in Ukraine
February 13, 2014Posted in books, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, ICJ | Leave a Comment »
Tags: bar association, disciplinary, ICJ, Independence of Lawyers, International Commission of Jurists, lawyers, legal profession, Temur Shakirov, Ukraine, UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
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